To convert, simply upload your image file (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TIFF) which cannot exceed the size of 1MB. Resize and rotate it to achieve the best recognition results, and then click on “Send” button to start the process. Once completed, recognized text will be displayed at the bottom of the same page.

NewOCR supports 29 languages which include Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Features:

• Extract text from scanned documents or images.
• Unlimited uploads, no registration, 100% secure.
• Supported image file formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TIFF (any compression mode).
• Works with image files up to 1 MB in size.
• Multilingual support for 29 languages.
• Optimize image to achieve the best recognition results by resizing and rotation.
• Similar tools: OnlineOCR, FineReaderOnline, Free-ORC and OCRTerminal.

Check out NewOCR @ www.newocr.com

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• OCRTerminal: Convert Scanned Documents To Text
• TxtNinja: Convert Text into Pictures
• Text2PDF: Create Adobe PDF Files From Text

As a guest, you can upload files with up to 1 MB in size and 5 pages per hour. Registered users on the other hand can upload files up to 20 MB in size, store docs online, convert files in zip archives and more. The restriction for them is that only the first 5 documents are free to convert. Additional pages will cost you 0.1$ for every page.

Features:

• Convert scanned images into editable format.
• Recognizes documents in 28 languages.
• Handles documents in following formats:  PDF (files including multi-page PDFs), TIF/TIFF (Multipage TIFFs supported), JPEG/JPG, BMP, PCX, PNG, GIF and ZIP.
• Output formats: PDF, MS Word (2003/XP, MS Excel (2003/XP), HTML, RTF and TXT.
• Free, no registration required. Conver files up to 1 MB in size and 5 pages per hour.
• Register to upload files up to 20MB in size, convert zip archives, multipage PDF files, choose recognition languages and output format.
• Similar tools: FineReaderOnline, Free-ORC and OCRTerminal.

Check out OnlineOCR @ www.onlineocr.net

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Simply upload a suspicious file and click “Scan”. You will have wait several minutes before the scan starts and produces results for each antivirus engine.

Since it uses multiple online antivirus engines simultaneously, it is far more effective at detecting viruses and other threats than any single online antivirus on its own. That being said, VirusChief is not an only online virus scaner that uses virus definition from multiple engines, there is also VirusTotal, Filterbit and several more.

Features:

• Free online virus scanner.
• Scan suspicious individual files online for viruses and threats.
• Uses multiple online virus scan engines including AntiVir, Avast, AVG, BitDefender, Dr.Web and others (total 13 engines).
• View scan results for each antivirus engine.
• No registration needed.

Check out VirusChief @ www.viruschief.com

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• Filterbit: Scan Files for Malware & Trojans Online

The application is free and easy to use. To start,  simply register on the site and upload your image, pick a the language and output format and hit “Recognize”. Once the file is converted you can save it on to your computer. Currently you may process up to 50 pages a day with each file being under 10 mb.

Features:

• Online image text extraction tool.
• Lets you process 50 pages a day for free.
• Supported input image formats: BMP, PCX, DCX, JPEG/JPEG, PNG and TIFF/TIF.
• Supported output file formats: Microsoft Word, Excel, RTF, and TXT and PDF.
• The file must not be larger than 10 MB.
• Multilingual recognition: Russian, English, German and French.
• Simple and clutter free design.
• Similar apps: Free-ORC and OCRTerminal.

Check out FineReaderOnline @ www.finereaderonline.com

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• OCRTerminal: Convert Scanned Documents To Text
• TxtNinja: Convert Text into Pictures
• Text2PDF: Create Adobe PDF Files From Text

The application currently supports a PDF, JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP or PNG files and can recognize 6 languages (English, German, french, Italian, Dutch and Spanish).

Free-ORC is completely free and the only restrictions are:

- input images must not be larger than 2MB,
- not wider or higher than 5000 pixels and
- at most 10 image uploads per hour.

Features:

• Extract text from photos and scanned documents.
• Images must not be larger than 2MB in size.
• Supports a PDF, JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP or PNG files.
• Can recognize 6 languages (English, German, french, Italian, Dutch and Spanish).
• Free and no registration.
• Also have a look at OCRTerminal that can convert scanned documents to text.

Check out Free-ORC @ www.free-ocr.com

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• OCRTerminal: Convert Scanned Documents To Text
• Text2PDF: Create Adobe PDF Files From Text
• OnlineOCR: Convert Scanned Documents to Editable Text

Check out the new Panda Cloud Antivirus. It is first free lightweight antivirus solution that runs “in the cloud”, which means that all the processing and scanning is done on their servers and doesn’t tax your computer resources while it runs. It consumes around 17 MB of RAM while in use. In comparison, the average local antivirus consumes around 60 MB of memory.

It collects new virus information in real-time from millions of users like you, automatically updates your virus definitions, detects and removes the possible threats including viruses, malware, trojans, spyware, tracking cookies and more.

It has a very simple and intuitive interface. Download it free from the website, install it and forget about it.

Features:

• 100% free online antivirus.
• Collects virus information from millions of users in real time, automatically updates your virus definitions, detects and removes possible threats.
• Lightweight and most operations are performed online.
• Protects against all kinds of possible threats – viruses, malware, trojans, spyware, tracking cookies and more
• Consumes very little of your system resources, since all the scanning and processing is done “in the cloud” (remote company servers)
• Simple and pleasant interface.
• Currently supports Windows XP.
• Download it free from the website

Try PandaCloudAntivirus @ www.cloudantivirus.com

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• Filterbit: Scan Files for Malware & Trojans Online

Sign up to get started. First upload an image file and then click on “YES” to begin the processing. When done download the converted file in multiple text formats (TXT, DOC, RTF).

Service also lets you convert PDF files into Word.

Features:

• Online scan to text converter.
• Convert from JPG, GIF, BMP, TIF image formats into TXT, DOC, RTF text documents.
• Convert from PDF into Word.
• Convert free up to 30 images per day.
• Similar websites: Comombo, Qipit and Scanr.

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It also includes a so called active surf protection that blocks malicious sites even if accessed directly from the address bar. For more info watch the demo video below:

Features

• Real time web page scanner plug in for your web browser.
• Available for Firefox and Internet Explorer.
• Simple and easy to use.
• Similar tools: McAfee.

Check out AVGLinkScanner @ http://linkscanner.avg.com

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• OnlineLinkScan: Scans Suspicious Links For Viruses

Fiiterbit can be used for scanning single files or archives (compressed multiple files) as long as the uploaded file size does not exceed 20 mb.

To start click “Browse” and navigate to the file you want to submit for a scan. Then click on “Send File” button and wait for the upload to finish. Once the file is uploaded, Filterbit will scan it and give back a report listing scan results from each antivirus engine (se screenshot below).

Features:

• Scan files online for malware online (viruses, trojans, worms etc).
• Scan as many files as you like. No email or sign-up required.
• Uploaded files scanned by multiple antivirus engines.
• Scan with Metascan, Norman Data Defense Systems, ClamAV, ESET, Microworld and VirusBuster.
• Maximum allowed file size: 20 mb.
• Compressed file scanning supported.
• Similar websites: VirScan, Virus Scan, NanoScan, VirusTotal and NoVirusThanks.

Check out Filterbit @ www.filterbit.com

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• Virus Scan : Check Files for Viruses Online

Why would anyone use this? Well, one way to make use of VirScan is to recheck those files that you think are safe but your favorite antivirus software says otherwise, or vice versa. If you’re a Windows user and install new programs on a regular basis then probably you have experienced this before.

Features:

• Upload and scan any file which is smaller than 10 MB in size.
• Supports .rar / .zip archive files. (must include less than 10 files).
• Scan compressed files that are password protected.
• No sign-up or registration required.

Again, VirScan is a simple online tool to check files for malware presence, it’s NOT meant to replace the antivirus program on your system. Also note that VirScan does not guarantee that scan results are 100% accurate. So even if it reports no presence of malware, there is still a small chance that the file is infected.

Visit VirSCAN @ www.virscan.org

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• Filterbit: Scan Files for Malware & Trojans Online

Features:

Upload and check files for viruses, trojans and other malware online.

Files scanned against well-known virus databases: A-Squared, AntiVir, ArcaVir, Avast, AVG Antivirus, BitDefender, ClamAV, CPsecure’ Dr.Web, F-Prot Antivirus, F-Secure Anti-Virus, Fortinet, Ikarus, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, NOD32, Norman Virus Control, Panda Antivirus, Sophos Antivirus, VirusBuster, VBA32.

If you’re looking for an easy and thorough virus scanner then you’ve found it. You may also check out previously covered Nanoscan and VirusTotal.

Check out VirusScan @ virusscan.jotti.org

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How does it work ?

1. Download and install Comombo software on your mobile
2. Take snapshots of paper documents, whiteboards, business cards, charts, graphics or text.
3. Comombo converts snapshots into properly formatted scan-like versions of a document.
4. Send scanned documents as PDF attachments directly from your phone (by email or FAX) (Note: carrier rates apply)

More Comombo Features

• Comombo scan2fax service lets you scan and fax up to 10 free fax documents per month. For each additional fax you’ll have to pay small fee. See different account optionshere
• To handle this scanner, fax and photocopying setup, you’ll need an internet connection and a camera of at least two megapixels.
• Get Comombo Freeware from here
• Check out screenshot and conversion examples here. Also check out one right below.

Go to Comombo.com

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CNET Reviews: … I can imagine this application also being very useful for students, for recording whiteboards or chalkboards (do they still use chalkboards?).

Things you can with Scanr

• Taks snap pics of Whiteboards, Documents and BusinessCards and convert them to a properly formatted documents.
• Store and search through contents of your scanned files online.
• iGoogle Gadget: Upload whiteboard, document or business card captures directly iGoogle homepage.
• Class Notes: Facebook application that allows you to share lecture notes with friends.
• Get free Scanr client on your mobile phone. More Details
• Capture and Archive / Fax documents directly from cell phone.

Scanr Demo Videos

1. scanR Whiteboard Demo

2. ‘Class Notes’ FaceBook Application for Students (by scanR)

More demos: for Whiteboards, for Documents, and for Business Cards.

Check out Scanr @ www.scanr.com

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